The Lancet has published a report suggesting that areas of western Cambodia and the Thai-Myanmar border are infested with a malaria parasite that has developed resistance to the most commonly used drugs. In 2004 it is estimated that malaria accounted for the deaths of 1.82 million people around the world. _____SourcesBowdler, Neil (2012) "Malaria deaths hugely underestimated - Lancet study", BBC News, 03/02,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16854026McGrath, Matt (2012) "Resistance spread 'compromising' fight against malaria", BBC News, 05/04,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17628172Phyo, Aung Pyae et al (2012), "Emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria on the western border of Thailand: a longitudinal study", The Lancet, 5 April, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60484-X